Hello Jadoo

Hello Jadoo
안녕자두야
AuthorLee Bin [ko]
PublisherHaksan Publishing
MagazineParty
Original runOctober 23, 1998 – present
Hello Jadoo
GenreComedy-drama
Directed by
  • Son Seok-woo
  • Ko Se-yoon (S1)
Music by
  • Kim Jeong-ah
  • Woo Jin-ho (S1)
  • Park Jin-hyun (S2)–(S5)
  • Yoo Tae-jin (S2)–(S4)
  • Yoon Joo-hyeon (S5)
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes95 + 1 film
Production
Producers
  • Seok Jong-seo (S1–(S3)
  • Lee Jeong-ik (S1), (S3)
  • Lee Jong-hyuk (S2)
  • Seong In-young (S2)
  • Kwon Hye-min (S4)
  • Jeong Hae-gun S4)
  • Mun Ye-won (S5)
Production companies
  • KNUANI (S1)
  • Atoonz (S2)–(S5),
Original release
Network
ReleaseJuly 11, 2011 (2011-07-11) –
April 29, 2023 (2023-04-29)

Hello Jadoo[1] (Korean: 안녕자두야) is a South Korean manhwa published by cartoonist Lee Bin [ko] in Monthly PARTY [ko] in September 1997. Tooniverse (CJ E&M broadcasting business division) and Atoonz [ko] co-produced an animation series under the same name in 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2017. The comic is set in Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

As of November 12, 2021 more than 31 books were published, along with a supplementary comic titled Mom is Best Friend. In early 2010, a four episode animation series called Hello Jadoo: Mom is Best Friend aired on Tooniverse, but it was not aired on SBS.

Broadcast time

Broadcasting channel Broadcasting period Broadcasting time Broadcasting season Broadcasting quantity
SBS TV July 18, 2011 - December 13, 2011 Monday, Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Season 1 30 minutes
May 23, 2012 - August 8, 2012 Tuesday, Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
September 19, 2012 - April 26, 2013 Season 2
November 9, 2015 - April 18, 2016 Monday from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Season 3
November 25, 2017 - April 1, 2018 Sunday from 7:10 a.m. to 7:40 a.m. Season 4

Plot

The story is set in Seoul, South Korea in the 1980s and the 2000s, telling a pleasant and heartwarming story of Ja-doo and the people around her.[1]

Characters

Main characters

Choi Ja-doo (최자두)
Voice actor: Yeo Min-jeong
The protagonist of the series, Ja-doo is an outgoing and tomboyish 10-year-old girl with a short temper. She is the oldest of all 3 siblings.
Kim Nan-hyang (김난향)
Voice actor: Yang Jeong-hwa
The main antagonist of the series, Nan-hyang is Ja-doo's irascible mother who disapproves of Ja-doo’s antics. Despite loving and caring for all of her children, Nan-hyang mostly favor Seung-ki and Mimi over Ja-doo in daily basis.
Choi Ho-dol (최호돌)
Voice actor: Choi Joon-young
A North Korean refugee from Pyongyang, Ho-dol is Ja-doo's father who works as a manager. Whenever Ho-dol receives his salary, he spends it on alcohol and gets drunk when he comes home, causing Nan-hyang to be angry.
Choi Mimi (최미미)
Voice actor: Jeong Yu-mi
Mimi is Ja-doo's 8-year-old younger sister and the middle child of the family.
Choi Seung-ki (최승기)[a]
Voice actor: Kim Hyun-ji
Seung-ki is Ja-doo's 5-year-old younger brother. He is the frequent victim of Ja-doo's antics, who often steals money from his allowance savings.

Supporting characters

Kim Min-ji (김민지)
Voice actor: Jeong Hye-ok
Nicknamed "Cicada", Min-ji is Ja-doo's outgoing best friend who is the top student in class. She is outgoing, yet aggressive towards Ja-doo initially, but warms up to her in later stories. Min-ji dreams to be a scientist when she grows older.
Lee Yoon-seok
Voice actor: Kim Young-eun
Yoon-seok is the class president who is mischievous. He has a crush on Ja-doo and had tried to confess himself multiple times, but failed due to misunderstanding.
Jang Seong-hoon
Voice actor: Jeong Hye-won
Seong-hoon is one of Jadoo's classmates who was born as an only child to a wealthy family. He is not athletic and often tries to skip Physical Education classes. Although Seong-hoon was afraid of Ja-doo at first, he fell in love with her due to her cute looks. He has a snail given to him by Ja-doo.
Kim Seon-dol "Dol-dol"
Voice actor: Jeong Yu-mi
Nicknamed "Dol-dol", Seon-dol is one of Ja-doo's classmates who is modeled on the writer's husband, Jeon Ho-jin. Like Seong-hoon, he comes from a wealthy family, as his father works as a CEO.
Lee Eun-hee
Voice actor: Kim Sae-hae
Eun-hee is one of Ja-doo's classmates who likes to be the center of attention and always mocks other students. She has a crush on Soon-gi and dreams of becoming a singer.
Yoon Soon-gi "Ddal-gi"
Voice actor: Kim Bo-yeong
Nicknamed "Ddal-gi"(meaning strawberry in Korean; because the shape of his face looks like a strawberry), Soon-gi is one of Ja-doo's classmates whose parents manage a bakery, as stated in Season 3.
Lee Mi-ja
Voice actor: Kim Bo-yeong
Mi-ja is Ja-doo's homeroom teacher. She sometimes scolds her, but the other children admire her attitude.

Books

Below is a listing of all books from the Hello Jadoo series:

Awards

  • 2004 Today's Our Comics Award
  • 2009 Korea Contents Awards Excellence Award in Comics
  • 2010 Korea Content Grand Prize, Popular Animation Special Award
  • 2010, 2013, 2016 1st Best Contents by The Ministry of Culture and Tourism
  • 2010 4th CableTV Awards Best Picture of the Year Award on the education/children's section[2]
  • 2013 Korea Content Awards, Animation Category Minister of Culture and Tourism Award
  • 2016 Korea Content Awards, Animation Category Minister of Culture and Sports Award
  • Selected as 2018 Excellent Cultural Product (K- ribbon)
  • 2021 Selected as the featured product at the Hi Seoul Awards 2021 by Seoul Business Agency
  • 2021 Korea Toy Association Awards
  • 2023: Confirmed to actively expand overseas as Korea's representative animation in Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Hong Kong, and Thailand

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as the nickname 'Aegi' (애기, lit. 'baby').

References

  1. ^ a b Seong-yun, Won (2009-12-28). ""Hello! Jadoo", A Korean animation connecting "Dooly the Little Dinosaur'". PD저널 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  2. ^ "2010년 케이블TV 방송대상 수상작". KCTA (in Korean). 2010.